Slack
Sr.SoftwareEngineer,CloudNetwork
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“Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Network at Slack. Skills: Cloud Networking, Distributed Systems, Infrastructure-as-Code, AWS. Design, build, and operate systems. Develop and automate detection, mitigation, and response systems”
What You'll Achieve.
enable fast and reliable delivery; scale Slack’s worldwide infrastructure; improve reliability; repeatability; efficiency; ensure the availability and resiliency of critical Slack infrastructure
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot complex issues
U. S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder), On-call rotations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
U. S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder), 5+ years of experience in software engineering, focus on distributed systems, cloud-native applications, microservices, Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS or GCP, knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DNSSEC, related network protocols, building tools, automation, services using one or more programming languages (e. g. , Go, Ruby, Python, C/C++), Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation), Prior experience deploying, operating, and debugging server software on Linux, A BS, MS, or Ph. D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent work experience)
Nice to Have
A domain expert within the AWS ecosystem (NLB, VPC / IAM / S3 / EC2), Experience contributing to or operating large-scale, highly available production systems, Knowledge of DDoS detection/mitigation strategies and automation frameworks, Interest in cost optimization and operational efficiency at cloud scale
What You'll Do.
Develop and automate detection
Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks
Troubleshoot complex issues across applications
Partner closely with AWS and other engineering teams
Drive improvements in system observability
Participate in on-call rotations
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with AWS and other engineering teams; collaborating across engineering
Communication Scope
explain complex technical concepts to designers; support staff; fellow engineers
Full Job Description
_To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts._ Job Category Software Engineering Job Details ****About Salesforce**** Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. **About the Team** The Cloud Network team is a globally distributed team of systems and software engineers across Australia, the US, and Canada, responsible for enabling the fast and reliable delivery of Slack to over 17M+ daily active users worldwide. We manage Slack’s AWS cloud ecosystem and provide the foundational networking, account and identity access, and infrastructure-as-code platforms that power Slack’s operations at scale. Our work spans ingress load balancing and intelligent traffic management—including our own fleet of software load balancers, cloud load balancing infrastructure, DNS and CDN services. We also design and operate systems for DDoS detection and automated mitigation, ensuring Slack remains resilient against large-scale threats. We are a small team making a large impact. We rapidly iterate and work closely with other teams in engineering ensuring resilient systems built to scale. We have a strong commitment to quality and understand that simplicity and reliability should be primary aspects of the systems that we build. Reliability is Slack’s most critical feature! **About the Role** This is a full-time Senior engineering po
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